AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/shootings-terrorism-us-news-ap-top-news-tx-state-wire-938e786d6e2f5a27d8c63370c0fa3e2cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/shootings-terrorism-us-news-ap-top-news-tx-state-wire-938e786d6e2f5a27d8c63370c0fa3e2cClick to copyRelated topicsA shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to why.The suspect was identified as Adam Alsahli of Corpus Christi, according to three officials familiar with the investigation...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/shootings-terrorism-us-news-ap-top-news-tx-state-wire-938e786d6e2f5a27d8c63370c0fa3e2cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/shootings-terrorism-us-news-ap-top-news-tx-state-wire-938e786d6e2f5a27d8c63370c0fa3e2cClick to copyRelated topicsA shooting at a Texas naval air station that wounded a sailor and left the gunman dead early Thursday was being investigated as “terrorism-related,” the FBI said, but divulged few details as to why.The suspect was identified as Adam Alsahli of Corpus Christi, according to three officials familiar with the investigation...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-islamic-state-group-taliban-politics-afghanistan-01ac38c793ca71a2ec099c226e50e7c8Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-islamic-state-group-taliban-politics-afghanistan-01ac38c793ca71a2ec099c226e50e7c8Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military was blindsided Thursday by President Donald Trump’s assertion that all U.S. troops will be out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, with U.S. officials saying they are not aware of such a plan and have gotten no actual order to accelerate the more gradual pullout...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-islamic-state-group-taliban-politics-afghanistan-01ac38c793ca71a2ec099c226e50e7c8Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-islamic-state-group-taliban-politics-afghanistan-01ac38c793ca71a2ec099c226e50e7c8Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military was blindsided Thursday by President Donald Trump’s assertion that all U.S. troops will be out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, with U.S. officials saying they are not aware of such a plan and have gotten no actual order to accelerate the more gradual pullout...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-esper-politics-f55584c87592eb48ebe958ded3d89b53Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-esper-politics-f55584c87592eb48ebe958ded3d89b53Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of wrangling, the Pentagon is banning displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, in a carefully worded policy that doesn’t mention the word ban or that specific flag. The policy, laid out in a memo released Friday, was described by officials as a creative way to bar the flag’s display without...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-esper-politics-f55584c87592eb48ebe958ded3d89b53Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-esper-politics-f55584c87592eb48ebe958ded3d89b53Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of wrangling, the Pentagon is banning displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, in a carefully worded policy that doesn’t mention the word ban or that specific flag. The policy, laid out in a memo released Friday, was described by officials as a creative way to bar the flag’s display without...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-italy-international-news-politics-germany-85ecdd667630d491d544a132e27b35baClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-italy-international-news-politics-germany-85ecdd667630d491d544a132e27b35baClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred on by , the U.S. will bring about 6,400 forces home and shift about 5,600 to other countries in Europe, American defense leaders said Wednesday, detailing a Pentagon plan that will cost billions of dollars and take years to complete.The decision fulfills Trump’s announced desire to withdraw...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-italy-international-news-politics-germany-85ecdd667630d491d544a132e27b35baClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-italy-international-news-politics-germany-85ecdd667630d491d544a132e27b35baClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred on by , the U.S. will bring about 6,400 forces home and shift about 5,600 to other countries in Europe, American defense leaders said Wednesday, detailing a Pentagon plan that will cost billions of dollars and take years to complete.The decision fulfills Trump’s announced desire to withdraw...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/guam-health-us-news-virus-outbreak-wa-state-wire-bcc4652e913b49b7d2b61393bf42dfa5Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/guam-health-us-news-virus-outbreak-wa-state-wire-bcc4652e913b49b7d2b61393bf42dfa5Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Navy sailors who have been quarantined on Guam for weeks will begin moving back to the USS Theodore Roosevelt Tuesday night, U.S. officials said. A coronavirus outbreak sidelined the aircraft carrier in late March.Hundreds of sailors are expected to reboard the ship over the next several days, after spending about...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/guam-health-us-news-virus-outbreak-wa-state-wire-bcc4652e913b49b7d2b61393bf42dfa5Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/guam-health-us-news-virus-outbreak-wa-state-wire-bcc4652e913b49b7d2b61393bf42dfa5Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Navy sailors who have been quarantined on Guam for weeks will begin moving back to the USS Theodore Roosevelt Tuesday night, U.S. officials said. A coronavirus outbreak sidelined the aircraft carrier in late March.Hundreds of sailors are expected to reboard the ship over the next several days, after spending about...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-middle-east-iraq-politics-d1276c5c10e73bec27b0ab440c1cd11bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-middle-east-iraq-politics-d1276c5c10e73bec27b0ab440c1cd11bClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Three service members were killed, including two Americans, and a dozen more were injured when a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said Wednesday.One of the officials said five service members were seriously wounded and evacuated from the Camp Taji base and seven others were still being evaluated....…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-middle-east-iraq-politics-d1276c5c10e73bec27b0ab440c1cd11bClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-middle-east-iraq-politics-d1276c5c10e73bec27b0ab440c1cd11bClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Three service members were killed, including two Americans, and a dozen more were injured when a barrage of rockets were fired at a military base in Iraq, U.S. officials said Wednesday.One of the officials said five service members were seriously wounded and evacuated from the Camp Taji base and seven others were still being evaluated....WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/politics-afghanistan-asia-pacific-troop-withdrawals-kabul-2e8a815a031e8da37075feec466694c2Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/politics-afghanistan-asia-pacific-troop-withdrawals-kabul-2e8a815a031e8da37075feec466694c2Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in , the U.S. military confirmed Monday, amid political chaos in Kabul that threatens the deal.Army Col. Sonny Leggett, spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement that the U.S. is moving...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/politics-afghanistan-asia-pacific-troop-withdrawals-kabul-2e8a815a031e8da37075feec466694c2Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/politics-afghanistan-asia-pacific-troop-withdrawals-kabul-2e8a815a031e8da37075feec466694c2Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — American troops have begun leaving Afghanistan for the initial troop withdrawal required in , the U.S. military confirmed Monday, amid political chaos in Kabul that threatens the deal.Army Col. Sonny Leggett, spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement that the U.S. is moving...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-baghdad-middle-east-iraq-politics-87c5601009fda60ff82f6ee8afee1b6fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-baghdad-middle-east-iraq-politics-87c5601009fda60ff82f6ee8afee1b6fClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after a deadly American airstrike in Baghdad , the top U.S. general for the Middle East is talking optimistically about keeping a smaller but enduring military presence there.Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, met Tuesday with Iraq’s new prime minister, Mustafa...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-baghdad-middle-east-iraq-politics-87c5601009fda60ff82f6ee8afee1b6fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-baghdad-middle-east-iraq-politics-87c5601009fda60ff82f6ee8afee1b6fClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after a deadly American airstrike in Baghdad , the top U.S. general for the Middle East is talking optimistically about keeping a smaller but enduring military presence there.Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command, met Tuesday with Iraq’s new prime minister, Mustafa...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/nc-state-wire-american-protests-donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-esper-e0e783dcbb316887f4fac5a4dbe92563Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/nc-state-wire-american-protests-donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-esper-e0e783dcbb316887f4fac5a4dbe92563Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt reversal, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday overturned an earlier Pentagon decision to send a couple hundred active-duty soldiers home from the Washington, D.C., region, amid growing tensions with the White House over the military response to the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/nc-state-wire-american-protests-donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-esper-e0e783dcbb316887f4fac5a4dbe92563Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/nc-state-wire-american-protests-donald-trump-ap-top-news-mark-esper-e0e783dcbb316887f4fac5a4dbe92563Click to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt reversal, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday overturned an earlier Pentagon decision to send a couple hundred active-duty soldiers home from the Washington, D.C., region, amid growing tensions with the White House over the military response to the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/south-china-sea-virus-outbreak-politics-china-beijing-4b372bbcb8ba934a918b5fb06274c95fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/south-china-sea-virus-outbreak-politics-china-beijing-4b372bbcb8ba934a918b5fb06274c95fClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in nearly three years, three American aircraft carriers are patrolling the Indo-Pacific waters, a massive show of naval force in a region roiled by spiking tensions between the U.S. and China and a sign that the Navy has bounced back from the worst days of .The unusual simultaneous...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/south-china-sea-virus-outbreak-politics-china-beijing-4b372bbcb8ba934a918b5fb06274c95fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/south-china-sea-virus-outbreak-politics-china-beijing-4b372bbcb8ba934a918b5fb06274c95fClick to copyRelated topicsWASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in nearly three years, three American aircraft carriers are patrolling the Indo-Pacific waters, a massive show of naval force in a region roiled by spiking tensions between the U.S. and China and a sign that the Navy has bounced back from the worst days of .The unusual simultaneous...WW…